This is a stripped down, minimal install of Windows 3.0. It was given
away for free with issues of PC World magazine.

It doesn't include much. Only a PC-World sideshow, a Standard Mode kernel,
Program Manager, File Manager, Winhelp, control panel, and everyone's favorite:
Solitaire.

It is crippled so that it will refuse to run regular Windows 3.0 applications.
But that has never stopped me. :) As you can see above, it can indeed run
some simple Windows 3.0 programs. To make the application run, you must
insert the string "DEMOAPP" in to the EXE's application description header.

According to magazine advertisements, there were two versions, one specifically
for EGA systems and another for VGA. Probably in order to fit everything
one one disk. Unfortunately, the one that surfaced is the EGA-only version.
The Setup program gets confused if you try to install it on a machine with
VGA.

Here is the trick to get it to install on a machine or emulator with
VGA. Edit the [display] section of the SETUP.INF and add the line:

If you have seen my previous Sick Windows tricks, you know I like odd
resolutions and unusual devices.

There were a number of unusual mid 1980s video cards, some of which
had support for Windows 1.x and other popular programs. Unfortunately,
most of these cards, their driver software, and often proprietary monitors,
have long since disappeared.

John Elliott, the person behind the patched Windows 1.x VGA driver,
implemented partial Genius VHR support for PCE (but this has not been released).